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Ideas for 'The Fixation of Belief', 'The Ethics' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 4: Conception'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

4299	Contingency is an illusion, resulting from our inadequate understanding [Spinoza, by Cottingham]

4824	We only call things 'contingent' in relation to the imperfection of our knowledge [Spinoza]

4839	Reason naturally regards things as necessary, and only imagination considers them contingent [Spinoza]